Myadzyel District

District of Minsk Region, Belarus

District in Minsk Region, Belarus

Myadzyel District Мядзельскі раён (Belarusian) Мядельский район (Russian)
District
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Coordinates: 54°52′32″N 26°56′19″E / 54.87556°N 26.93861°E / 54.87556; 26.93861
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
Administrative center	Myadzyel
Area
• Total	1,967 km² (759 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	24,709
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Website	Myadzyel ispolkom website

Myadzyel District or Miadziel District^[2] (Belarusian: Мядзельскі раён, romanized: Miadzielski rajon; Russian: Мядельский район) is a district (raion) of Minsk Region in Belarus.^[1] Its administrative center is the town of Myadzyel.^[3]^[1]

Four of the main lakes of Belarus are situated in this district: Narach (the largest one), Svir (8th largest), Myadel (11th largest) and Myastro (15th largest).^[4]

Notable residents

Maksim Tank (1912–1995), journalist, poet and translator
Dr. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič (1903–1989), Belarusian emigre politician, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic between 1971 and 1982^[5]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ Official transliteration from Belarusian language (2007)
^ Myadzel raion page at Minsk Oblispolkom website
^ "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ Жыцьцё Вінцэнта Жук-Грышкевіча [The Life of Vincent Zuk-Hryskievic], by Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic, Toronto, 1993, p. 69